English as she is spoke, the new guide of the conversation in Portuguese and English
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English as she is spoke, the new guide of the conversation in Portuguese and English
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
English as she is spoke
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
the new guide of the conversation in Portuguese and English
Summary
This book was intended as a Portuguese-English conversational guide or phrase book, but is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humor, as the given English translations are generally completely incoherent. The humor appears to be a result of dictionary-aided literal translation, which causes many idiomatic expressions to be translated wildly inappropriately. Mark Twain said of 'English as She Is Spoke' that "Nobody can add to the absurdity of this book, nobody can imitate it successfully, nobody can hope to produce its fellow; it is perfect
Target audience
adult
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